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James Harrington: Fabien Galthie’s squad will need to step up in New Zealand

After all the fuss from players and New Zealand Rugby, after the negotiations between union and league bosses, after the hints that – maybe, this time – the rules would be bent to allow more regular France first-choice players to tour, there was in the end, a particular and utterly predictable inevitability about Les Bleus’ squad announcement for the three-Test July tour of New Zealand.
Or, more accurately, the squad for the first Test in Dunedin next Saturday. Five more players from last night’s Top 14 finalists were due to fly out after the showpiece match, along with Leo Barre, who rem...

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